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tree and take a peek

, wooden posts stand as silent adversaries while the group of first-years I train practice on them with s

around.

side Jem. I clap. "Yes! Goo

surprise and then

atya's voice cuts

lin

marches toward me, her mouth set i

e and are late to train the first-years." She stares down at me

very well. I apologise,"

mm

atrika Katya is a stickler for rules. She would never let me get off so ea-

send a parrot, and you

feel everyone's eyes on me, staring in disbelief. They already think the Matrikas pl

I need some

Katya says and then looks at everyone, her s

m asks, her voice half-c

pat her shoulder. "Focus on yo

but seems u

girls! You will train with my group from now

ully but she

glance at my student

stration within me. Nothing will probably come of it but I'm a

ead straight upstai

le and pause. I pres

urora's voice. What is she talking about? "We've been trying to fix the island's pro

ound proof I could present to her, but it seems

ek. If I don't find a solution, I wil

and quickly take

pleasantly. "Nysa! Good morning.

nversation, I'd never have s

st needed to talk to Maa about som

ve a good day then," s

nto Maa'

on her nose. With her eyebrows raised, she looks at me over the rim. "Thank you for

alk in and close the door behind me. "Did you t

, folds them, and places

trika A

es

. It was supposed to remain betw

nd keeping such a secret could affect your ability to perfo

now why it's ha

"Nysa," she says as if she is talking to a child. "I

abbing a finger in my chest. "And I'm the one who's b

es her e

's happening to me or I

t going to

" I say an

look back up at Maa's office window. Pent up energy courses through my veins. Sarai's face comes to mind. I would normally ven

lk, I change my mind a

pathway behind the half-man half-woman's sculpture. But this time, the gap

ntern in his hand and is staring at the wall in front of him. H

us," I

and then makes his way

. His face is half-obscured by a thick layer

my lips. "What

half-smiles. "I got attacked by a clou

What a beaut

le, carving a clean path through the d

I can take a sho

ough the emergency exit

bath? To cle

My gaze dips to the cuffs on his

lock his binds. The clang of the cuffs and the chai

t did I do? I'v

res at his

I've doomed Nari.

re's that river

clear my thro

ur way outside. My legs suddenly feel a

oa

er feeling the same way when I first saw it-amazed and enthralled. The cave's entrance had seemed almost magical, like a portal to another worl

. If we waste too much time like this

opy above, casting dappled patterns on the ground. Birds chirp and wildflowers line our path, their subtle fragra

. I look up and see Parry circling overhead. I

that thing?" Ni

I reply and then look at the bird. "W

for a hunt and I want you to jo

ay. "Give my message to

an't, I'm busy," she

eply and then

"That was incredible. But what i

at the actual message. You h

"Aren't you going to go

g along very well right now. Besides, she doe

ig

on sun and flows over smooth stones. Tall grass lines the shore, occasionally rustling in the breeze. Across the river, the Timir forest stretches toward the horizon, its d

deep breath, and then exhales. "I

t do

re and breathi

reply, slipping it

he clears his throat. "A

nstead?" Raising my brows, I push my tro

merge myself entirely into the water and stay there for a few s

n front of me, sta

d. He runs a hand through them, slicking them back.

. Why do you have

s called a beard. We can eit

er over the bulge in h

more pronounced, which makes it noticeable. It makes our voice

his chest. Mmm. So solid. So wa

rows between my legs. "Only women produce milk for

he speaks. They look so so

hand into my hair and cru